![]() ![]() ![]() “He was 28, and then we came to film condors in Patagonia and he did an amazing shot. ![]() He found ace German cinematographer Ben Bernhard after holding a contest to find the best camera assistant focus puller for his 2011 documentary “¡Vivan las antípodas!” Who could follow a condor flying with a 600-meter lens? “I met 196 people and choose one young boy,” said Kossakovsky. Part of his crazy genius is finding crew able to pull off his vision. “There is not a frame of CGI in this film,” she said. For Kossakovsky, the answer is something of a trade secret. “How did you get that shot?” asked Weyermann. He got the shot, anyway, capturing wonderful blue walls with bubbles that indicate melting. Similarly, Kossakovsky wanted to film a 400-meter ice floe in Greenland from underwater - but if a mammoth iceberg shifts direction, you are dead. He’s grateful to them, and the gods of luck and miracles - not to mention understanding financiers and producers - that he got the shots he did without killing anyone, including himself. Kossakovsky found two intrepid sailors willing to take chances with their two-masted 100-foot schooner, the Polski Hak. That included being able to get close to the calving glaciers the ice hitting the water can create a tsunami. As soon as they began to unpack their equipment, “it started that second,” said Kossakovsky. The filmmakers arrived in Greenland prepared to shoot giant glaciers ready to fall apart, but were warned they might have to wait two months for anything to happen. The effect is hypnotic, haunting, and terrifying. Kossakovsky improvised locations and shot without a script, trying to show the water’s POV. The movie has no narration to explain where you are, or what’s going on - just crashing Dolby Atmos Sound and a heavy-metal score from Finnish violinist/composer Eicca Toppinen. Kossakovsky chased stunning images of water around the globe, using Arri digital cameras that shoot at 96 frames per second (alas, only a few cinemas are able to project that format most will be 48 or 24). The Best True Crime Streaming Now, from 'Unsolved Mysteries' to 'McMillions' to 'The Staircase'Ģ023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Jason Momoa Was 'Baffled' People Gave a 'Sh*t' About 'Aquaman' Melissa McCarthy Would Do a 'Bridesmaids' Sequel 'This Afternoon' You suddenly realize the power of water.” It was like the ice was moving like waves, it was already melting so much. When we came close, we realized there was no ice around. “Suddenly, the car appears in the shot and we see it just fall through the ice to the bottom of the lake. “It was obviously dangerous while shooting to suddenly see something like this,” said Kossakovsky. ![]()
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